MindShape

MindShape

MindShape hosts Joey Braun and Avery Chatman ask everyday people to answer difficult questions about their past traumas. After helping over 80 people share traumatic stories, it's clear that vulnerability is the bridge that connects people. Their goal is to empower their guests and inspire the people who listen to their stories. All the stories told are about trauma, which means episodes will contain life-sensitive content. The listener's discretion is advised.

Episodes

March 23, 2023 32 mins

Avery and Joey talk about their faith and tell stories about how God has guided them exactly where they need to be in life.

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Avery and Joey talk about episode 7 with Jamal Rhoden-Stevens

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March 2, 2023 17 mins

Jamal Rhoden Stevens is a track and field athlete from Great Britain. He has been competing since he was nineteen years old. Jamal shares his story about how he was denied going to the Olympics because of a committee decision that was out of his control. This is a story that needs to be heard and shared with people and athletes all around the world. Jamal is on track to compete in the 2024 Olympics, and his plan is to compete and m...

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February 26, 2023 10 mins

Avery and Joey Recap episode 6 with Millie

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February 22, 2023 22 mins

Millie McGinnis comes on the podcast to share her story about getting a stage 4 brain tumor. Millie talks about what it was like getting the news about her tumor, what surgery and chemotherapy were like and how she is doing at this stage in her life.

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February 20, 2023 11 mins

Avery and Joey recap episode 5

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February 15, 2023 33 mins

Arielle is a health coach from California.  Arielle grew up a regular kid but throughout her childhood she developed poor eating habits. Back then Arielle had no idea about the impact that food had on our bodies as a whole. Like most people on earth, she was eating everything everyone else ate. As she got older she would develop multiple chronic illnesses that would put her in and out of the hospital and even challenge her own will...

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February 10, 2023 9 mins

Avery and Joey recap the latest episode featuring Belle Vanderlaan

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February 8, 2023 25 mins

Belle Vanderlaan comes on the podcast to share her story about being adopted. Belle was adopted at the age of 1, so she never really knew who her biological parents were or what they were like. CPS stepped in and took Belle's sister out of the home and placed her in foster care around the same time Belle was born. Her sister was soon adopted by a great family who shortly after decided to also adopt Belle as a baby.

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February 3, 2023 7 mins

This is the recap for episode 3 with Sean Landes. Avery and Joey talk about their conversation with Sean and the impact that it had on them. Joey also shares a story that he has never told anyone publically in this recap episode.

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February 1, 2023 23 mins

Sean Landes is 30 years old and is from Midland, Michigan. Sean comes on the podcast to share a story about childhood trauma and drug addiction. During this podcast, Sean breaks down the events that led him to develop a drug addiction and how he dealt with the trauma of sexual abuse that happened to him at a young age.

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January 27, 2023 8 mins

Avery and Joey recap the second episode of the season with Isaiah Sheffield. 

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January 24, 2023 29 mins

Isaiah Sheffield is from Olive Branch, Mississippi. Isaiah had a stress-free life until the end of 5th grade. He would find out from his Mom that his Dad had a tumor in his lungs and his brain. He watched his Dad battle cancer for the next seven years. Isaiah and his Dad bonded over sports. Even though his Dad loved and wanted him to play baseball, he decided to play basketball. They would always talk about the milestone of Isaiah ...

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January 18, 2023 11 mins

This is the first season where we are doing recaps after every episode. The purpose of this is for our listeners to learn more about us (Joey and Avery) as hosts and to discuss the story that we all just listened to. These recaps are going to be serious and, at the same time very light-hearted and funny. Enjoy and make sure to tap that subscribe button so you don't miss a story on Season .

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January 16, 2023 34 mins

Iain Ward's life changed forever when he received a diagnosis of stage 3 terminal brain cancer at the age of 31 in 2019. Since then, he decided to take on a world record. Iain is dedicated to raising the most money ever for cancer research for running a marathon.

In order to break the world record, he needs our help to share his content so he can get more sponsors that will donate to his goal. We can also help by sha...

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February 23, 2022 48 mins

As the hosts, we are still figuring out the mystery behind this story. So we are letting our listeners decide for themselves what transpired during this episode.

Was Kaylee groomed by her best friend, or was her best friend involved in a sex trafficking ring run by Ken?

Kaylee Makenna is 21 years old and is from Michigan. Kaylee comes onto the podcast to share a story about a supernatural grooming situation betwee...

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Luke Colson is a senior executive producer from Los Angeles, California. Luke comes on the podcast to share a traumatic childhood event.

When Luke was 11 years old in England, he watched his best friend get hit by a car and die right before his eyes. The trauma from watching his friend die had an everlasting impact on his future. He talks about how it led him down a path of doing hardcore drugs throughout his college years...

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February 2, 2022 17 mins

Avery and Joey talk about why giving is more powerful than receiving and Avery shares how meeting his biggest fear head-on changed his life.

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January 26, 2022 31 mins

Joey and Avery discuss what it was like having their parents get divorced while they were young and how to heal from a broken heart.

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January 18, 2022 56 mins

Cameron Kinley is 21 years old and is from Memphis, Tennessee. Every since Cam was a little kid he had a football in his hand. Like most kids, he had a dream to eventually play in the NFL. As he grew older his mindset shifted from reaching the NFL to using football as a vehicle to get into the best college that he could out of high school. Cam would end up getting a scholarship to play at multiple Ivy schools but would end up choos...

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